House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 10 Feb 2009 (pt 0022)

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Departmental Consultants

Mr. Tyrie: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many expert advisers, excluding special advisers, have been commissioned by his Department since June 2007; and on which topics they have advised. [254745]

Kevin Brennan: I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 582W.

Employment

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people and what proportion of the workforce in employment in (a) the UK and (b) each Government Office region (i) aged 16 and over and (ii) of working age are (A) UK-born, (B) non-UK born, (C) EU-born, (D) non-EU born and (E) EU A8-born. [256024]

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 10^{( th)} February 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people and what proportion of the workforce in employment in (a) the UK and (b) each Government Office Region (i) aged 16 and over and (ii) of working age, who are (A) UK-born (B) non-UK born, (C) EU-born, (D) non-EU born and (E) EU A8 born. (256024)

The requested information is shown in the attached tables. Table 1 attached provides employment levels and rates of people aged 16 and over, for the UK and each Government Office Region by country of birth. Table 2 attached provides employment levels and rates by working age for the UK and Government Office Region by country of birth. The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently the estimates are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.

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Table 1: Employment levels and employment rates of people aged 16 and over in each government office region, by country of birth July to September 2008, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands and per cent
	UK		Non-UK^{( 1)}		Non-UK EU		Non-EU		EUA8^{( 2)}
	Level	Rate	Level	Rate	Level	Rate	Level	Rate	Level	Rate
North East	*1,102	56	***58	56	****⁽³⁾—	69	****⁽³⁾—	48	****⁽³⁾—	86
North West (inc Merseyside)	*2,927	58	**235	55	***77	57	**158	54	***39	78
Yorkshire and Humberside	*2,284	60	**195	56	***77	71	***118	50	***46	88
East Midlands	*1,979	61	**204	61	***80	69	***125	57	***42	82
West Midlands	*2,203	58	**260	51	***69	56	**191	49	***35	78
Eastern	*2,528	62	**295	64	***125	66	**170	63	***45	79
London	*2,307	63	*1,452	60	**403	67	*1,049	58	**141	75
South East	*3,725	63	**515	68	**168	67	**346	68	***55	87
South West	*2,380	61	**201	66	***77	66	***124	65	****⁽³⁾—	84
Wales	*1,272	56	***70	59	****⁽³⁾—	65	***35	54	****⁽³⁾—	81
Scotland	*2,364	61	**185	66	***82	77	***102	60	***41	85
Northern Ireland	*729	57	***59	68	***35	67	****⁽³⁾—	70	****⁽³⁾—	91
Total	*25,799	60	*3,727	61	*1,254	66	*2,474	58	**516	81
⁽¹⁾ Excludes those who did not state their country of birth. ^{(2 )}The A8 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) ⁽³⁾ The estimates have been suppressed as they are deemed unreliable for practical purposes. Coefficients of Variation have been calculated as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below: Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness * 0 = CV <5 Estimates are considered precise. 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. * 10 = CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc). Source: Labour Force Survey

Table 2: Employment levels and employment rates of the working age^{( 1)} population in each government office region, by country of birth July to September 2008, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands and per cent
	UK		Non-UK^{( 2)}		Non-UK EU		Non-EU		EUA8^{( 3)}
	Level	Rate	Level	Rate	Level	Rate	Level	Rate	Level	Rate
North East	*1,063	71	***58	62	****⁽⁴⁾—	78	****⁽⁴⁾—	53	****⁽⁴⁾—	90
North West (inc Merseyside)	*2,806	73	**229	63	***75	76	**154	59	***39	83
Yorkshire and Humberside	*2,187	75	**192	64	***76	83	***116	56	***46	90
East Midlands	*1,893	77	**201	71	***78	83	***123	65	***42	86
West Midlands	*2,100	74	**255	61	***66	77	**189	56	***35	86
Eastern	*2,384	78	**286	74	***122	80	**165	71	***45	81
London	*2,209	73	*1,411	68	**393	78	*1,018	65	**140	78
South East	*3,516	80	**494	77	**160	81	**334	75	***54	91
South West	*2,244	80	**195	77	***75	80	***120	76	****⁽⁴⁾—	91
Wales	*1,207	71	***68	68	****⁽⁴⁾—	79	***34	61	****⁽⁴⁾—	82
Scotland	*2,266	77	**181	72	***81	84	***100	65	***41	88
Northern Ireland	*706	69	***58	79	***35	80	****⁽⁴⁾—	78	****⁽⁴⁾—	91
Total	*24,580	76	*3,629	69	*1,221	80	*2,408	65	**513	84
⁽¹⁾ Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. ⁽²⁾ Excludes those who did not state their country of birth. ⁽³⁾^{( )}The A8 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia). ⁽⁴⁾ The estimates have been suppressed as they are deemed unreliable for practical purposes. Coefficients of Variation have been calculated as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below: Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness * 0 = CV <5 Estimates are considered precise. 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. * 10 = CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc). Source: Labour Force Survey

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